RE: How to use notations from classification schemes in SKOS

> From: public-esw-thes-request@w3.org 
> [mailto:public-esw-thes-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Svensson, Lars
> Sent: 13 February, 2006 09:07
> To: Danny Ayers
> Cc: public-esw-thes@w3.org
> Subject: AW: How to use notations from classification schemes in SKOS
> 
> Errr, well yes. Maybe my quest wasn't quite clear. What I 
> need is not any kind of identifier, but a label. An example: 
> the class 025.43 in the Dewey Decimal Classification has the 
> caption "General classification systems". I want to express 
> "General classification systems" AND "025.43" as 
> human-readable labels. Something like
> 
> [ns declarations omitted]
> ddc:025.43 rdfs:type skos:Concept ;
> 	skos:prefLabel "General classification systems"@en ;
> 	skos:notation "025.43" .
> 

BTW, as far as the editors of the DDC are concerned, 025.43 is considered the "preferred" label, not the caption.  The caption is considered an "alternate" label where there will be one or more for each translation.


Andy.

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